Advances in Teaching and Assessing Nontechnical Skills

Louise Hull; Nick Sevdalis

doi:10.1016/j.suc.2015.04.003

Advances in Teaching and Assessing Nontechnical Skills

Louise Hull^*, Nick Sevdalis

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Abstract

The importance of surgeons' nontechnical skills is gaining widespread recognition as a critical element of high-quality and safe surgical care. This article reviews the knowledge base on training and assessing surgeons, and operating room (OR) teams, in nontechnical aspects of their performance. Nontechnical skills are defined in the context of the OR and key assessment instruments that have been developed to capture these skills are reviewed. Key developments that have taken place in the past decade on formal skills training are discussed, and recommendations to further advance nontechnical skills and team-based training and assessment in surgery are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	869-84
Number of pages	16
Journal	Surgical Clinics of North America
Volume	95
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2015.04.003 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2015.04.003
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2015

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological
Awareness
Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Decision Making
Education, Medical, Continuing
Education, Medical, Graduate
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Fatigue
General Surgery
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Social Skills
Task Performance and Analysis
Teaching

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